Tfce ixrosa ! tr 'n;. I had lx?en reading an oriental tale of '.he fanciful order. It was a story of tbc penii and I h?A Jeen deeply in terested in it. I w as very comforta bly situated in my room, and on the taMe was a glass containing- tie re mains of a eherrv- cobbler I hal been imbibing. It i over occurred to roc tbat tbeae sanie sherry cobblers were dangerous companions for a young man, and I was in tbc babit of taking from three to a dozen of tbem ver di- rm three when I was pointr to hcc Lucy Sheldon, a particular friend of mine, aud a dozen on the off days. I turned tbc leaves of the n:a:a'.ice, hut I could find no other Ftory that looked inviting; so I threw it .town. ct.L- hark in the r ft kit) IT U.BIT. Things bad be:un 1 biiu ruua ' to 1 ok rather dim, and my own consciousness s verv id- i . .w vnv c':rnrifin was ai. hv a siranre commotion in rrls' from which I had ranly consumed my cobbler. .UnxnH it it ami nrcM'tillr a' Jon" wreath of smoke or rapor ro.e i from '.he gl...

The Somerset Herald VU'MSHAY. April It. ISTi. A eut bas been commenced in "ew YorV to recover from B:.fs" Tweed Fix millions of de-Ilar, out of the amount L Mole lile running II... r. ,rrtic partv of tb city ! I and State. In Michigan, oa Mondy of Ust week, tbe Republican? made a clean tweep of tbe Siatf , rolling up a ma jority of about 17,000, bcingan in ert a"4 of 12,000 over last year. Over 0f;y-Cve lbuusauJ nii...oui of dollars passed through Gen. Spin ner's office during tbe time be bcld it, ad tbe lorfea of all kinds were leon than one dollar on a million, lie goes out of office, it is said, vfT B,od-e-ratc circumstance. The grand jury of tbe Criminal Court at Washington, last week. :,uud trbe bills against cx-ConzreiP-iiiau Sbumker,of Drooklyn, X. -, Mud William S. King, a Congre.-sman !oct froru Miuuesola, for perjury in connection with tbe late Pacific Mail invcj-tigation. It will be a good while Uf .reticle trials are over. Is Ler race against Xew York, ! ihread-bare, lim...

. liaa. l i I... na . ..if-fT Keimard & Oudesluys, aft w pfn i n p I N fife I I U M UBRutnrt Poultry Tarda. Fit sale Fowls and Egjs c-f Fancy Poul try, bred from imported stock, ISulT and Partridge Cochins. Linht and Dark Rrah nias. Great and Small Sjeckled Ham burghs, Poland, Black Spanish. Ban tams and Pror.ze Turkeys. For particu- I lars address j i . A. Kooxtz. . i Confluence. Fa. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NO. S3 EXCHANGE PLACE, r,vVTVriMOIK, MIX, VT F. H A V I- A L KG 1 : 1 K A 1 ' V. F J K GLADES BUTTER, "Jeff Davis," is llie name given Jo new gown now used by the ludies to slip over everything when in a hurry. It is most certainly an appropriate name, es ptcially if you arc about to be captured. J. II. Fritz, County Surveyor, will be in Conemaugh twp. on the 21st of this month to make several surveys. Any per son wishing his services can leave their orders at Thomas' Mill or with Joseph Alwice. r.nrsr j i hi; i' all fin!' it Tvr:!i:!i; ii v n in iu;. a as ii in ih:;i; V A 'KS...

IIBIIHMI ill! II III I iiiiiiaiiiinnf' " "" "" ut.s riinr cask Kosr. VII Lcr life Ion? Sr Holmes bad bad a romancr. It began and ended with tbews words: hen Lliha comes home." And though he wm but nineteen rears old at ice i- Kir-h I write, it fcemea V, rrpnincr of that dav. as she eat in ncr that she hi d rfntnriefl in tirae dreamioff m- thc to ber cd burning July and looked out upon the moonlight fi. d. been iividr uj v.;. world, and all the ' . r nlrlpn dreams oi Flihu. onW to find them ?h;verd to atoms at Ibe last. rr.t.n bml 'uli: Ami time and the manner of hi coming were bo unlocked for and so unex ported to her, as well as to ever -lncel-tLatthetirlsatLt.e.nthC moonlight saving to htr.f. here I Deed never watch or vum for" Un again- In the next chamber o !oe bo is .leepiof -that .. if be can hlerp, poor Ki-bu. The earliest stories fcbe could re member bad been told to her by her ruotber, about "Cousin thhu and the enormous fortune be bad made -down South," at a time when for-...

i ! ! 1 i The Somerset Herald. we:xesdat. I April M, PCS. It 6eem9tbatBomegr celess scamp Las been attempting to lie Don. Bat lcr 15. Strang out of Cue canvass as a candidate for State Treasurer. The JoLnlown Tribune autboratirelj tleo'ie. the report that be declines being a candidate, and urC3 his nom ination. r.m W. Gayle, aa Alabamian, who, in 1SG4, offered a regard of one I million dollars for the assassination of AUabam Lincoln, died in the city of Selma on the niornit? of ,,ril Sib, a mretehed paraljtjc, frirndloM.nd poverty rtrickco, in the xty-Cftb year of bis age. It turns out that Major Calhoun, for several rears United States Pen sion Agent of Philadelphia, who a'nedbia poeition on the strength of bis snppe-sed eervices in the UnioD R-iri-, was in Tact a Confederate, plac ed 'in Libbr prison as a ppf. "hcTC ii. presence among the Union ri oners pave the opportunity topasa Ln-if off lor one of them when t',o confederate caie went down. He is now in Georgia editing a rebel ...

! tic KM'"'" ' scd to be an excellent pilot There u on the river, Vr A. WDO was gomnanibuliEt It is said that if bis nn nd was trouwea uuui , - , i .1 rrs of river ur and be was pretty 6ure iv -' walk ia bis sleep anu u He was once fellow :.k "Ic.rir 6irange things. pilot for a trip or two " Y on a great e Orleans pas- inger'pwkec L.tc one n,ght the boat was anprachinff Helena. Ark ; ..0RtY" J.1, lflw. and the crofcbiog me"" . ' a: above the town in a very uu tion. X- V . ,-1 cAOfl ITiP TOMiUZ CillW Rulleo. and dark, F was considering whether lie Lad not better have X called to as sist in running the place when the door opened aniX walked in. Let me take ber. Mr. , 1 seen this place since you have, and U is so crooked that I reckon can run it myself easier than I could tell tou how to do it " -It is kind of vou, and I swear I am willing I haven't gn another drop of perspiration left in me. I lave been npinning: around and around the wheel like a Barrel. It U fc0 dark I can't till wh...

The Somerset Herald. WEDNESDAY. Mays, ists. Tue fare on the Conne'.Isrille road from Pittsburgh to Washington and Baltimore, bas betu reduced to (4.50. Only cigbt collieries out of ninety flveia Scbuvlkill County are in op eration, and out of 3,051 miners be longing to the miners' union, about two hundred arc atwoik. . Tue U.S. Treasury report, just published, "bows that during the month of April the public debt was reduced two millions, ibiee hundred and thirty-two thousand, three hun dred and forty-six dollars ($2,322, 340). . 0 Monday- General McCandless assumed the duties of Secretary of internal Affairs, end Mr. Temple, of Greene County, took charge of ibe office of A udltor General. These are tie first two Democrats who bare leld these positions in I'encsvlvnnia fur "manv a long day." The Republican County Commit tee of Uedford County has appointed Hon. John Cessna and William San- der, !!.. delegates to the btate con-; y o t)C po6;lion. This veotion, and instructed them to TO...